Johnson High School Book Report

Everyone has a defining moment at one point in his or her life. Like Tom Benecke in “Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket", who had discovered his defining moment when he realized he was on the edge of death. Similarly, I found my defining moment at the age of eight when I almost drowned in the water. It was a moment that changed my life forever and will always remain in my heart.

As quoted by Peter Diamandis “Nothing is more precious than life... especially the life of your child.” This quote means a lot to me due to the fact that the most important part of my life is my kids. My first daughter was born in 2005 her name is Tabitha then fifteen months later my son was born his name was Dakota. And my last daughter was born in October 2013 and her name is Emma. With a lot of help from my wife, every time that I became a father, I realized I was living the most important moment of my life.

SHREVEPORT, La. – First place is on the line in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Friday and Saturday when #6 Centenary baseball (24-5, 10-2 SCAC) welcomes Texas Lutheran (19-10, 10-2 SCAC) Friday and Saturday, April 7-8. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday night, while the Saturday doubleheader is set for 1 p.m.

The Buffalo Creek is in the Appalachians in West Virginia and this area was named buffalo Creek because the hunters were coming in this area to hunt the buffalo and as long as the hunters were killing the buffalo and there had no more the buffalo in this area. When the hunters realized that there had no more buffalos in that place and then the people start to build the houses in Buffalo Creek that is how the story of Buffalo Creek had began. The people of Buffalo were coal minors, and coal mining was their life, they didn’t have another job besides coal mining everybody in the Buffalo community never envies to go do another job, and also Buffalo Creek was reputed cause coal mine. They were depended for a living to coal miming, and

West By West, by Jerry West and Jonathan Coleman, is a 338 page sports autobiography about Jerry West from 2011. This autobiography documents the life of Jerry West, from his poor childhood in West Virginia, to his prestigious NBA career. This book is written by Jerry West himself, which gives the reader a very detailed look into his life. The authors of this book, as stated before, are Jerry West himself and Jonathan Coleman. Jerry West has no other books published, as his basketball career occupied much of his life, and this is his only published work. Jonathan Coleman, however has been an author for quite some time, he resides in Charlottesville, Virginia, and has written several books, for which four have been pretty successful. The four

The little rock Nine have sparked a fire with me that I will never forget. I want to start off by saying thank you Ms. Landdeck of making mas a person read this book I loved it an I will never forget it. The Book Warriors Don’t Cry hit a nerve for me I must believe that this book was not fiction because of the little details she putting the book. Melba Pattillo Beals did such a great job writing this and I am glad she took her journal and decide to write about it. There are so many African Americans that I go to school with now including myself that take the right to go to school for granted. I take it for granted because it was something I never had to fight for. IN the book the fact that she put her name

Being in the military, my Dad always set the bar high for me. Doing my best in school, being

On a Sunday afternoon, I was sitting in the library, exhausted with two textbooks laying on the desk, unopened. Evidently, I was not doing anything productive because I could not bring myself to open my textbooks and review for my two tests tomorrow. Ten minutes passed by and I decided I needed to walk around to clear my mind before I dive into my studies. As time passed by, I continued to roam the second floor of the library and down the stairs to the first floor of the library. I wandered over to the research center of the library and walked up and down the aisles until I stumbled over a

Everyone is using those innovations that created and changed this 21st century more artificial and modern world. Steven Johnson wrote How we Got to Now, Six Innovations That Made the Modern World. He is famous for writing non-fiction books, and those books are very interesting. Steven Johnson likes to write books about technology, science, history, and the amazing part is he applies his own personal experiences in his books. However, he is known as a bestselling author in the literature industry. Past few books, Steven Johnson wrote about innovation and historical, so I thought he likes to write books about historical facts. However, he writes all his books in a modern style and view, so today’s generation can understand his books easily and

The  first setting takes place in Southern California, where Percy a confused, lost, demigod was chased by two Gorgons, reptilian like creatures who wanted to kill and take revenge on him. Other settings throughout the story take place in Camp Jupiter (a Roman demigod training camp) Alaska, and Canada.

It was that frightful night in June when I saw my whole world crash beneath my feet. That car, as blue as the ocean, that call as unforgettable as the darkest moon, and my mom as beautiful as a flower. I do not know why It had to happen, but all I was concerned about was getting her back.

lead to larger success and even more opportunities in life to prosper at a later date. This

I was 16, pregnant, on my own. In just 1 week I was expected to give birth to a baby boy that would change my life forever. I had no family, was on my own but somehow still found the strength in me to keep going for me and my son.

Naming one simple experience that has transformed my life has proven to be a challenge. It’s a bit overwhelming looking back at the journey that has led me here. Where and when did it all begin? I believe, it may have started the day my daughter was born, April 25, 2006, at 4:44 pm. Unknowingly, this 7lb baby was about to give me a precious gift, the opportunity to recreate my childhood through the eyes of a child. She was going to challenge everything I knew to be right, and convince me to make changes for the better.

Alright, now that I’ve got that out of the way, let’s start with the obvious. College, at least in the first world, hosts a very large part of young adults (18-22 years old). While there’s plenty of 18 year olds that don’t go the college route, on our day and age, most do. Other chapters go into whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, but for now